PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 5 New Orleans Zephyrs 1 WP – Alcantara 2-0 / 0.44 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Raul Alcantara (6 2/3 IP / 6 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 6 K / Win) RHP Raul Alcantara turned in his…
View More Tuesday, August 2nd: Alcantara & Gossett Pitch Sounds & Hounds to Victory as both Teams Win 4th StraightA wave of pitching injuries for the A’s this season has opened the door for a number of the team’s top pitching prospects to make their debuts in the major leagues a little sooner than expected. Sean Manaea was one of the first to get the call but many others…
View More Dillon Overton & Daniel Mengden on the Ups and Downs of PitchingPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 7 New Orleans Zephyrs 0 WP – Mengden 4-1 / 1.25 HR – Eibner (12) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Daniel Mengden (5 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 5 K / Win) RHP Daniel Mengden…
View More Monday, August 1st: Mengden Leads Sounds to Shutout Victory while Iriart’s HR Helps Snappers Win in a Walk-OffAfter spending parts of seven seasons as a big league infielder, Steve Scarsone has now spent eight seasons managing in the A’s minor league system. He’s currently midway through his fourth season managing at Triple-A and his second season in Nashville, where his team currently holds a nine-game lead in…
View More Exclusive: Get the Inside Scoop on Nashville’s Top Prospects from Sounds Skipper Steve ScarsoneTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 4 Corpus Christi Hooks 2 WP – Avila 5-2 / 2.41 HR – Barreto (9), Taylor (4) Prospect Of The Game: Designated Hitter Franklin Barreto (3 for 5 / Home Run / Double / 2 RBIs) Franklin Barreto closed out July by…
View More Sunday, July 31st: Hounds Win with Help from Barreto’s Big Bat while Jensen Pitches Sounds to VictoryThe A’s Triple-A affiliate Nashville Sounds currently lead their division by 8 ½ games. And solid performances by many Sounds players, combined with a wave of injuries for the A’s, has provided plenty of opportunities for prospects like Ryon Healy, Bruce Maxwell, Daniel Mengden and Dillon Overton to make their…
View More A Trio of Top A’s Prospects Talks about This Season at Triple-APACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 2 New Orleans Zephyrs 0 WP – Detwiler 3-0 / 2.60 HR – Nunez (17), Pinder (14) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Ross Detwiler (6 1/3 IP / 4 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 7 K / Win) LHP…
View More Saturday, July 30th: Detwiler Leads Sounds to Shutout Victory while Key HRs by Marincov & Nogowski Help Hounds & Ports WinPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Colorado Springs Sky Sox 3 Nashville Sounds 2 LP – Hahn 1-6 / 3.66 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Jesse Hahn (7 IP / 5 H / 3 ER / 3 BB / 4 K) Though he ended up…
View More Friday, July 29th: Hahn Takes Shutout through 6 but Still Suffers Loss for Sounds while Hounds Lose in a Walk-Off and Stockton, Beloit & Vermont All FallBrandon Bailey grew up in Colorado and attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, where he notched 125 strikeouts in 100 1/3 innings while posting a 2.42 ERA in his final season for the Bulldogs. The 21-year-old right-handed pitcher was drafted by the A’s in the 6th round of this year’s…
View More Down on the Farm with Vermont Lake Monsters Pitcher Brandon BaileyTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 3 Corpus Christi Hooks 2 WP – Trivino 1-0 / 0.00 HR – Chapman (24) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Daniel Gossett (7 IP / 3 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 9 K) For his fourth straight start, RHP…
View More Thursday, July 28th: Gossett Impresses Again as Hounds Win 4th Straight while Smith & Nunez Lead Sounds to VictoryCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 2 High Desert Mavericks 1 WP – Graves 5-8 / 5.11 HR – Pimentel (16) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Brett Graves (8 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 1 K / Win) 2014’s…
View More Wednesday, July 27th: Graves Is Almost Perfect in Ports’ Win while Alcantara Leads Sounds to Shutout VictoryTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Frisco RoughRiders 0 Midland RockHounds 4 WP – Fillmyer 1-0 / 1.80 HR – Taylor (3) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Heath Fillmyer (5 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 4 K / Win) RHP Heath Fillmyer turned…
View More Tuesday, July 26th: Fillmyer Pitches Hounds to Shutout Victory while Olson Homers in Sounds LossPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Omaha Storm Chasers 5 Nashville Sounds 12 WP – Detwiler 2-0 / 4.09 HR – Nunez (15), Alcantara (8), Ravelo (6) Prospect Of The Game: Designated Hitter Arismendy Alcantara (4 for 5 / Home Run / Double / 4 RBIs) Designated hitter Arismendy…
View More Monday, July 25th: Sounds Win behind Alcantara’s Big Bat while Seddon Pitches Hounds to Victory and Snappers Sweep DoubleheaderLong-time baseball man Grady Fuson served as the A’s scouting director from 1995 until 2001, when the team drafted such talented players as Eric Chavez, Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito and Rich Harden. He left the A’s at the end of 2001 to become the assistant general manager of the Texas Rangers and, after moving on…
View More Exclusive: Down on the Farm with A’s Special Assistant Grady FusonPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Omaha Storm Chasers 5 Nashville Sounds 6 WP – Healy 4-1 / 2.97 Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Billy Burns (4 for 5 / 2 RBIs / Stolen Base) With two outs, the bases loaded and the Sounds down by a run…
View More Sunday, July 24th: Billy Burns’ Big Hit Keys Sounds’ Victory while 18-year-old Oscar Tovar Impresses Again in AZL A’s LossStockton skipper Rick Magnante originally began his professional baseball career as a 13th-round draft pick of the Cleveland Indians out of the University of Santa Barbara back in 1969. He first joined the A’s organization in 1995 as an area scout covering southern California. He also began managing short-season teams…
View More Talking about Stockton’s Top Prospects with Manager Rick MagnanteTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 2 San Antonio Missions 3 LP – Cochran-Gill 4-4 / 3.42 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Daniel Gossett (7 IP / 7 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 7 K) 2014’s 2nd-round draft pick for the A’s, RHP Daniel Gosssett, gave…
View More Saturday, July 23rd: Gossett K’s 7 in Hounds Loss while Blanco Throws 5 Shutout Frames in AZL A’s WinThe A’s affiliate in the California League, the Stockton Ports, has struggled for much of this season, putting up a .408 winning percentage through the team’s first 98 games. But a couple of Stockton’s biggest standouts in the batter’s box so far this season have been outfielder James Harris and second…
View More Catching Up With a Pair of the Ports’ Top Hitters: James Harris & Joe BenniePACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Omaha Storm Chasers 1 Nashville Sounds 2 WP – Healy 3-1 / 3.05 HR – Nunez (14) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Raul Alcantara (7 IP / 4 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 3 K) RHP Raul Alcantara turned…
View More Friday, July 22nd: Raul Alcantara Impresses in Triple-A Debut as Sounds Win in a Walk-Off and Duno Helps Snappers Salvage Doubleheader SplitDue to a seemingly never-ending wave of injuries, the A’s have truly been a team in flux this season. But the resulting roster turmoil has provided plenty of opportunities for some of the team’s top prospects, including starting pitcher Daniel Mengden and corner infielder Ryon Healy, both of whom we…
View More A’s Rookies Ryon Healy & Daniel Mengden Talk about Life in the Majors